Card-holder.



C. G. GRABENDIKE.

CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1913.

1,097,089. Patented May 19, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLYDE C. GRABENDIKE, OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.

CARD-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLYDE C. GRABENDIKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sherman, in the county of Grayson and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in card holders and as its principal object contemplates the provision of a device of this character which may be readily attached to a spectacle or eye-glass case, handbag, hat-band of a hat, or to any other article of similar nature which it is desirable to have tagged or labeled with the owners address in case of loss of the article.

A further object is to simplify the construction of devices of this nature, making the card holder cheap of manufacture, and durable and eflicient in its action.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in V the following specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the claim which is appended hereto and forms a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views in which similar reference numerals designate corre sponding parts: Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open spectacle case with the card holder of this invention illustrated in assembled position, Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the card holder in disassembled position, and, Fig. 4; is a view of the blank from which the card holder is formed. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a blank from which a modified form of my card holder is constructed.

Before taking up the description of the drawings, it is desirable to emphasize the fact that while this invention has been designed with particular reference to the need of spectacle cases and will hereinafter be described in that connection, it may, nevertheless, be as readily applied to a pocketbook, handbag, hatband, or any other personal accessory.

Proceeding now to the description of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 14, 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914. Serial No. 767,600.

drawing and with particular reference to Fig. 1, the numeral 1 designates as an entirety, the spectacle case in which the top closure wall, bottom wall, and angular front wall are respectively designated by the numerals 2, 3 and 4.

The card holder as illustrated in detail in Fig. 4, is formed of a sheet of light resilient metal, such as nickel or German silver, although, if desired, it may be made of gold, silver, or any metallic composition, the only requirement being that the metallic sheet from which the blank is formed be comparatively thin for a purpose to be hereinafter disclosed.

The blank includes a body plate 5 which is substantially rectangular in shape and is provided with the rounded longitudinally extending centrally disposed opening (3 through which the name on the card is discernible. On the one longitudinal edge of the member 5 is formed an integral gripping lip 7 which, in blank is substantially V- shaped and is bent, in the assembled relation of the various parts, to produce a substantially U-shaped conformation, as illustrated in detail in Fig. 2. The terminal portion 8 of the lip 7 is bent on the crease line 9 and is arranged exteriorly of the wall 4 when the card holder is applied to a case, as will be hereinafter described. The clamping tongues 10, 11 and 12 are formed respectively on the two ends and the remaining side of the member 5 and are designed to be folded on the crease lines 18, 14 and 15 for the purpose of holding the card 16 in fixed position at the back of the plate 5. A sheet of isinglass designated by the numeral 17 in Fig. 2 may be arranged between the plate 5 and the card 16 to protect the printing on the card against blurs and smears.

In the assembled relation of the parts the member 7 extends at an approximate angle of 45 to the plane of the plate 5, this conformation having been found most effective in the application of the card holder to the spectacle case of standard type. In this conneotion it is to be observed, however, that the angle comprehended between the members 5 and 6 is a matter which must be varied to accord with the construction of various types of spectacle cases. The only requirement is that the angle comprehended be tween the members 5 and 7 be slightly greater than that between the members 4 and 3. The necessity of the above described conformation will be apparent when it is observed that by making a card holder of resilient metal and arranging the members 5 and 6 to include a greater angle than the angle comprehended between the members 3 and 41-, application of the card holder to the case will tend to produce a severe binding engagement of the tongues 10, 11 and 12 and gripping lip 7 with the inner faces of the members 3 and 4.

In the modified form of this invention illustrated in Fig. the member '7 is replaced by a pair of gripping tongues 20 and 21 which are formed integrally with the plate and are arranged in spaced relation to each other to permit the card holder to be applied to that type of spectacle case in which a lock or catch is provided for the closure member. It will be observed that by spacing the tongues 21 and 22 the lock or latch may be accommodated between the tongues.

In reduction to practice, I have found that the form of my invention illustrated. in the drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodiment, is the most efficient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion, and arrangement of parts, may

be resorted to, when required, without sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination with an eye-glass receptacle having a bottom wall, an angular front wall and a hinged cover of a V-shaped card holder, said card holder comprising a V-shaped body portion, one side of which being reduced with respect to the other side and adapted. to lie fiat against the inner face of the angular wall of the receptacle, the other side being provided with a longitudinal central opening and clamping tongues on its end and free longitudinal edge to hold a card against the outer face thereof, said last mentioned side being approximately rectangular and adapted to lie flat against the bottom wall of the receptacle and said first mentioned reduced side of the body )OllllOll being bent back upon itself whereby the bent back portion forms a clip and is adapted for engagement with the outer face of the angular front wall of the eyeglass receptacle.

In testimony whereof I ai'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE C. GRABENDIKE.

Witnesses J. L. ooLroRn, W. S. DICKERMAN.

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Washington, D. 0. 

